Monday, April 28, 2014

Welcome to Auraria!

WELCOME TO AURARIA, GEORGIA! Population 0 or 1: One of the things on my bucket list was to go to Auraria, Georgia,
and take some pictures. I heard it was
ghost town now. It is a ghost
neighborhood, it doesn't have enough dwelling to even be a ghost subdivision. There
are three houses, one is sort of big and decayed which symbolized the
thriving gold mining rush that was here
about 1830. This is where gold was
discovered in Georgia, and the famous saying, "Thar's Gold in them thar
hills!" originated. For years gold
was mined, hydra-stripping the hills and mountains. Up until the gold was discovered it was all Indian land, the Cherokee and
Creek Nation. They had a contract or a
treatyto that fact. Then, some crooked
Indians leaders and Georgia Political leaders voided the treaty. The Indians carried it to the Supreme Court
and was ruled in their favor. But
President Andrew Jackson ignored their decision and had the Indians forcefully
removed to reservations out west, mostly in Oklahoma. President Andrew Jackson said Chief Justice John Marshall could enforce
their decision if he could.

This little ghost neighborhood was the start of it all: Gold in them thar Hills and The Trail of Tears.

The old white house with all the junk is an interesting
place. I poked around and took some
pictures. When I got fairly close to the
house I could hear someone singing old type songs, like "She'll Be Coming
Around The Mountain When She Comes"
The music was not coming from a radio, but from someone's throat. I heard on our visit to Dahlonega that the Pickers visited that house recently. It sure would have been easy pickings, all
that junk out in the yard. I think
someone must live there and he doesn't like visitors.